Farms for the Future: Massachusetts - American Farmland Trust

Farms for the FutureEndnotesChapter OneCommonwealth Farms: Many Products, Many Benefits1 Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources, Fingertip Facts:http://www.mass.gov/agr/facts/fingertip.htm Accessed: 3/10/2008;USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service, 2002 Census ofAgriculture, 2002.2 First Pioneer Farm Credit, Report on the Economic Impact ofAgriculture on the Town of Carver, Massachusetts, 2006.3 Massachusetts Office of Travel and Tourism:http://www.mass-vacation.com/ Accessed: 3/10/2008.4 American Farmland Trust, Farmland Information Center, Fact Sheet:Cost of Community Services, 2007.5 Ibid.6 Massachusetts Audubon Society, Losing Ground: At What Cost?,2003; USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service, 2002 Census ofAgriculture, 2002.7 Community Involved in Sustainable Agriculture, Greenburg QuinlanRosner Research, Continued Success Seven Years Into CISA’s Campaign,2006.8 National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service, Reducing FoodMiles: http://www.attra.org/farm_energy/food_miles.html Accessed:3/10/2008.9 Federation of Massachusetts Farmers’ Markets:http://www.massfarmersmarkets.org/ Accessed: 2/25/2008.10 David Holm, Daniel Lass, Richard Rogers, and David Damery,Agriculture’s Hold on the Commonwealth, 2000, University ofMassachusetts Amherst.11 Wildlands Trust: http://www.wildlandstrust.org/ Accessed:3/10/2008.12 Massachusetts Agricultural Commissions, About AgComs: MAAgComs, 2008: http://www.massagcom.org/about/maagcoms.htmlAccessed: 3/10/2008; based on statistics from the MassachusettsDepartment of Agricultural Resources, 2008.13 Commonwealth Conservation Coalition, Massachusetts StatewideSurvey, April 2007; poll conducted by Barry Zeplowitz andAssociates.Chapter TwoFarming in the Commonwealth Today: Challenges and Opportunities14 USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service, Annual Bulletin: NewEngland Agricultural Statistics, 2007: http://www.nass.usda.gov/nh/07start.htm/ Accessed: 8/14/2008.15 Ibid.16 USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service, 2008 Farm RealEstate Value by State, 2008.17 Ibid.18 USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service, 2002 Census ofAgriculture.19 USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service,2002 Census ofAgriculture; USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service, AnnualBulletin: New England Agricultural Statistics, 2006, 2007.20 USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service, 2002 Census ofAgriculture.21 Energy Information Administration, Department of Energy, StateData for Prices, 2004: http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/state/SEPMorePrices.cfm/ Accessed: 3/10/2008.22 Ibid.Chapter Three Agriculture Preservation Restriction Program23 Figure as of 11/2008; based on statistics from the MassachusettsDepartment of Agricultural Resources, 2007.24 Figure not adjusted for inflation; based on statistics from theMassachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources, 2007.25 Based on statistics from the Massachusetts Department ofAgricultural Resources, 2007.26 Compiled sources cover the time period of 1982 to 2003. USDANatural Resources Conservation Service, 1997 Five-Year NaturalResources Inventory, 1997; USDA National Agricultural StatisticsService, 2002 Census of Agriculture; Massachusetts GeographicInformation Service, Land Use Summary Statistics, 2003:http://www.mass.gov/mgis/landuse_stats.htm. Accessed: 3/10/2008.27 Based on statistics from the Massachusetts Department ofAgricultural Resources, 2007.28 Ibid.29 Ibid.30 The federal Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program contributedapproximately $6.9 million or 11percent toward the $66 million invalue of APR projects from FY04 to FY08.Chapter FourFarm Viability and Conservation Programs31 Based on statistics from the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural 35 Ibid.Resources, 2007. Note: the total expenditures and total participating 36 Ibid.farms in Phase I & II include an older component of Farm Viability 37 Ibid.entitled Cranberry Viability. This program is now fully incorporated38into Farm Viability: cranberry growers can apply to Farm Viability in Ibid.the same way other farmers apply.39 Ibid.32 Based on statistics from the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural 40 USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, EnvironmentalResources, 2007. Note: Figure does not double count the 2,506 acres Quality Incentives Program, 2007: http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/that have been placed under new covenants after the first termPROGRAMS/EQIP/ Accessed: 3/10/2008.expired.41 Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources, Massachusetts33 Based on statistics from the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Agricultural Environmental Enhancement Program, 2007:Resources, 2007.http://www.mass.gov/agr/programs/aeep/index.htm. Accessed:34 Ibid. 6/2/2007; University of Massachusetts Amherst, UMass CranberryStation, Best Management Practices – Guides, 2000.20American Farmland Trust